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we're about to watch some of that, we're looking now at out going secretary of defense, leon panetta talking to diane feinstein. and with that, we will now enter special coverage of the second inauguration of president barack obama and joe biden. >> i'm jeffrey brown our coverage of tonight's and tonight's festivities continues online we'll see you here tonight at our regular "newshour" time. we leave you with the repries of the the brooklyn tabernacle choir and their rendition of the battle him of republic. have a good afternoon. ♪ glory, glory, hallelujah since i laid my burden down. ♪ glory, glory, hallelujah his truth is marching on ♪ his truth is marching on ♪ >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> hello, folks, it's me, the conductor. today, buddy and tiny start collecting all the amazing different species in the song "dinosaurs, a to z." so come on along with me on the dinosaur train. all aboard! [whistle blows] >> this program was made possible by... co
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just the defense budget itself. we spent $2.70 trillion above that base line, including for inflation, since 9/11 to make americans feel safe, and that is justified in many ways, but we are not having an honest discussion with the public. we are not looking at the security and the trade-offs that are happening, and we have spent a huge amount of money, but americans have not been feeling as safe as they should. he made comments, probably on c- span, as well, that you are not unpatriotic to ask questions of your government. it is patriotic to ask these questions. we should be having these debates and dialogues, and i think he is trying to make that. host: gary schmitt? guest: yes, i think many made comments, but the answer was not, let's get out and cut defense. the bush administration -- it was not until 2006 and 2007 -- something proposed in 2003, but they wasted several years, and there are plenty of criticisms for that waste. cut and run. the idea was to do precisely what we did. increase the force levels and cha
just the defense budget itself. we spent $2.70 trillion above that base line, including for inflation, since 9/11 to make americans feel safe, and that is justified in many ways, but we are not having an honest discussion with the public. we are not looking at the security and the trade-offs that are happening, and we have spent a huge amount of money, but americans have not been feeling as safe as they should. he made comments, probably on c- span, as well, that you are not unpatriotic to ask...
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this will be the secretary of defense. this is about deploying power or run the world and managing strategic assets and managing a shift where the president has said that we now have or did we have overweighted our resources in the middle east and south asia and we have underweighted our presence in asia looking at china. that shift is like moving a giant ship of spending, resources, american men and women being deployed in different places, as well as strategic asset purchasing, what weapons and technologies. and as we bring down the defense budget, smart choices need to happen so that at the end of the day, the department of defense is able to bring security to the world, that we have got the same degree of security deliverable then that we would. it is not a function of money. you need someone who understands. chuck hagel having been a combat veteran, two purple hearts from vietnam. that is very important. this is a man who understands the nature and structure of military organization. i think that is what i think will
this will be the secretary of defense. this is about deploying power or run the world and managing strategic assets and managing a shift where the president has said that we now have or did we have overweighted our resources in the middle east and south asia and we have underweighted our presence in asia looking at china. that shift is like moving a giant ship of spending, resources, american men and women being deployed in different places, as well as strategic asset purchasing, what weapons...
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big impact on defense companies and defense stocks. neil: rich, edson, if you are still with me, while the president supports a simpler tax code, he will not do that at the expense of entitlements. very rare to state that in and address like this. it is more for a state of the union address. does that mean he has his fight on now. rich: he has not had any type of message that he would ever be willing to reduce the benefits that people receive. when you look at the inaugural address. these things do not stop our initiative. they strengthen us. they free us to take and make this country great. they defend these programs when you are looking at the debate with republicans on capitol hill looking for some type of restructuring going to the palm drive budget that has passed the house the last couple of years that would change the way that these entitlement function. on the other side, perhaps, the change in the way things are indexed. slowing the inflation of these types of things. outside of that, you are not getting any willingness from t
big impact on defense companies and defense stocks. neil: rich, edson, if you are still with me, while the president supports a simpler tax code, he will not do that at the expense of entitlements. very rare to state that in and address like this. it is more for a state of the union address. does that mean he has his fight on now. rich: he has not had any type of message that he would ever be willing to reduce the benefits that people receive. when you look at the inaugural address. these...
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one thing that has stood out so far is the sort of power positions have all gone to white men, defense, treasury, state. they're all going to white men. so is this -- is he going to put women in other positions? and what's it going to take to get a woman in one of those big power spots? >> well, i think we're going to have to look at the picture as a whole when the president is done. having served this president, knowing the women who have served him who are still there today, these are extremely influential, powerful women with a strong voice with regard to what's going on on a day-to-day basis. but we can't make a decision and a determination until the full picture comes to be. and i would also say that when you look at the issues, homeland security, janet napolitano, making sure health care reform is implemented. kathleen sebelius. the list goes on. there are very, very smart, very influential women already in his cabinet and i know are going to be there. >> the second term is when that "l" word, legacy, comes into play. you're a veteran of this white house and also a veteran of wor
one thing that has stood out so far is the sort of power positions have all gone to white men, defense, treasury, state. they're all going to white men. so is this -- is he going to put women in other positions? and what's it going to take to get a woman in one of those big power spots? >> well, i think we're going to have to look at the picture as a whole when the president is done. having served this president, knowing the women who have served him who are still there today, these are...
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they tell me you need to fund our defense department, at such and such a level. you need to send out social security checks. you need to make sure that you are paying to care for our veterans. they lay all of this out for me. and because they have the spending power. and so i am required by law to go ahead and pay these bills. separately, they also have to authorize the raising of the debt ceiling in order to make sure that those bills are paid. and so what congress can't do is tell me to spend x, and then say but we're not going to give you the authority to go ahead and pay the bills. >> the economist made a laundry list of what would happen if congressional republicans refused to raise the debt limit. failure to raise the debt ceiling would force immediate spending cuts equal for 6% of gdp. not only would that threaten to send the economy back into recession, it would also deprive many of money needed to meet their own obligations, setting off a chain reaction of defaults that could incite investors to dump their holdings, driving up interest rates. joining me
they tell me you need to fund our defense department, at such and such a level. you need to send out social security checks. you need to make sure that you are paying to care for our veterans. they lay all of this out for me. and because they have the spending power. and so i am required by law to go ahead and pay these bills. separately, they also have to authorize the raising of the debt ceiling in order to make sure that those bills are paid. and so what congress can't do is tell me to spend...
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. >> reporter: well, it was a defense of the political theory, awaited the u.s. should be governed and should govern itself. i would almost characterize it as something along the lines of a response to what we heard from president reagan in 1981 when he said government is not the solution to our problems, it is the problem. president obama making the case that the government is not necessarily our problem. together we could do great things. together we could take care of the elderly. together we can create a health care system for those who may not be able to afford it. very much discussing ways about how there should be some in society you don't have all or should not be some in society you have all at the expense of all others. he made and not to climate change, something that he had not necessarily highlighted or focused on in his first demonstration. moving forward in tackling debt and deficits, he did talk about tax reform. talk about slowing the growth of these expenses, but still no change in his governing philosophy, if not impassioned defense of his gove
. >> reporter: well, it was a defense of the political theory, awaited the u.s. should be governed and should govern itself. i would almost characterize it as something along the lines of a response to what we heard from president reagan in 1981 when he said government is not the solution to our problems, it is the problem. president obama making the case that the government is not necessarily our problem. together we could do great things. together we could take care of the elderly....
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chuck hagel, tapped by president obama to the secretary of defense, is a former army sergeant. if confirmed, will become the first vietnam war veteran to head the pentagon. obama's secretary of state nominee, john kerry, became one of the most prominent veterans to oppose the vietnam war after his return. testifying before the senate in 1971. he discussed the atrocities under it in winter soldier investigation, where over 150 veterans testified to war crimes committed in southeast asia. >> they told the stories at times that they personally raped, cut off ears, cut off heads, taped wires from portable televisions to human genitals and turned up the power, cut off limbs, blown up bodies, randomly shot at civilians, razed villages in fashion reminiscent of ghengis khan, shot cattle and dogs for fun, poisoned food stocks and generally ravaged the countryside of south vietnam, in addition to the normal ravage of war in the normal and very particular ravaging which is done by the applied bombing power of this country. >> that is john kerry testifying in 1971 after he returned from v
chuck hagel, tapped by president obama to the secretary of defense, is a former army sergeant. if confirmed, will become the first vietnam war veteran to head the pentagon. obama's secretary of state nominee, john kerry, became one of the most prominent veterans to oppose the vietnam war after his return. testifying before the senate in 1971. he discussed the atrocities under it in winter soldier investigation, where over 150 veterans testified to war crimes committed in southeast asia....
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hagel, the choice for defense secretary. later, someone from morgan stanley talks about his new book. "washington journal" was next. >> good morning here in washington on the sunday morning. rehearsals underway later today for the inaugural ceremony. it will officially get underway in eight days. it is sunday, january 13. the house returns this week. the senate returns after the inauguration. converse tries to figure out what to do on the issue of spending and the national debt. we want to get your comments on a proposal put forth by senate democrats to bypass congress, allowing the president to raise the debt ceiling. it also removes the debate on section four of the 14th amendment. we will focus on all of this this sunday morning. it was a call. numbers at the bottom of your screen. we also want you to join us online on twitter and facebook or send us an e-mail. we will get your calls and comments in just a moment. our question, whether or not they residents can -- president can't bypass congress to raise the debt ceiling.
hagel, the choice for defense secretary. later, someone from morgan stanley talks about his new book. "washington journal" was next. >> good morning here in washington on the sunday morning. rehearsals underway later today for the inaugural ceremony. it will officially get underway in eight days. it is sunday, january 13. the house returns this week. the senate returns after the inauguration. converse tries to figure out what to do on the issue of spending and the national debt....
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the white house mounted a vigorous defense. hagel says his record on israel, iran, and gays in the military has been distorted. senate armed services committee republican said what worried her most is the reaction from iran. >> i want to make sure that iran is actually not hopeful but they are fearful as a result of our nominee for secretary secretaryf defense. >> former chair of the joint chiefs and secretary of state powell gave his backing to hagel today even though then senator hagel was one of the largest critics of the iraq war that powell helped sell to the american people. hagel later tried to stop the surge in iraq calling it the biggest foreign policy blunder since vietnam. >> he is superbly qualified based on the overall record and service to the country and how he feels about troops and veterans and families. >> the president is gearing up for a fight on three key issues gun control, defense budget cuts and immigration reform. on immigration he looks likely to be able to get more bipartisan support with republicans
the white house mounted a vigorous defense. hagel says his record on israel, iran, and gays in the military has been distorted. senate armed services committee republican said what worried her most is the reaction from iran. >> i want to make sure that iran is actually not hopeful but they are fearful as a result of our nominee for secretary secretaryf defense. >> former chair of the joint chiefs and secretary of state powell gave his backing to hagel today even though then senator...
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he has to fill out a national defense team, security team. we're looking at fights, even though we imagined they will all be confirmed. we're looking big fights on those before we even get to the state of the union address and move onto the debt ceiling deadline. there is so much acrimony. if he wants to get back to using the government to try to stablize the economy, that is political will that just doesn't exist right now. shepard: evan, presidential historian, is there a time which you can point where the nation was so divided and solutions seemed so elusive, that, this sort of rhetoric, might have been able to bring back together, especially as the republicans examine a mirror that shows their party, so enunevenly divided? >> i don't think the rhetoric will pull the country back together. it is political realities and self-interest of the parties involved. you see in the steps of the republican party over the last month or so a bit of the realization the playing field has changed. they see who won the presidential election, they see what
he has to fill out a national defense team, security team. we're looking at fights, even though we imagined they will all be confirmed. we're looking big fights on those before we even get to the state of the union address and move onto the debt ceiling deadline. there is so much acrimony. if he wants to get back to using the government to try to stablize the economy, that is political will that just doesn't exist right now. shepard: evan, presidential historian, is there a time which you can...
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chuck hagel has been named to be secretary of defense. i mentioned you helped balance the federal budget, if you can imagine such a thing today, and as the head of cia you led the mission that killed osama bin laden. that's high quality talent for the federal government, and a lot of people are sorry to see you leaving. you'll be going back to california, and what is next for you? retirement? >> i'm not one to sit on a rocking chair. as you know, scott, via beautiful place in carmel valley that i'm looking forward to getting back to, but we have an institute per public policy they have with my wife who has been runing it for four years while i've been back in washington. and i hope to get back and work with her and promote public service as an inspiration for young people. >> mr. secretary, we see your boss moving through on his way out to review the troops. we wish you all of the best, and we will join our live picture with the president again. thank you, mr. secretary. >> thank you. >> this is the east side of. and the president will be
chuck hagel has been named to be secretary of defense. i mentioned you helped balance the federal budget, if you can imagine such a thing today, and as the head of cia you led the mission that killed osama bin laden. that's high quality talent for the federal government, and a lot of people are sorry to see you leaving. you'll be going back to california, and what is next for you? retirement? >> i'm not one to sit on a rocking chair. as you know, scott, via beautiful place in carmel...
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charles hagal for defense. of virginia. there you go. thank you very much everybody. i can get you one. this is a nice one. that is yours . >> you are watching the live coverage of the 2013 inauguration coverage. it in a few minutes, the traditional inaugural luncheon. later on, live coverage of the inaugural parade. many times their of the day our phone lines open for you to react for what you're saying throughout the country. we welcome our viewers on c- span and on our sister public affairs station in canada and around the globe. our phone lines are open. here is one on twitter. he writes to us together is definitely the thing together -- today of the poem and the speec h. he was the youngest poet to ever speak at an inauguration, at the first immigrant, hispanic, and gay poet. let's take some phone calls. we will take a call from barbara. you are on. your reaction. caller: can hear me ok? host: we can. caller: first if you let me come at a personal experience. until today my favorite inauguration was the one at jfk for two reasons, his astronauts statements and fo
charles hagal for defense. of virginia. there you go. thank you very much everybody. i can get you one. this is a nice one. that is yours . >> you are watching the live coverage of the 2013 inauguration coverage. it in a few minutes, the traditional inaugural luncheon. later on, live coverage of the inaugural parade. many times their of the day our phone lines open for you to react for what you're saying throughout the country. we welcome our viewers on c- span and on our sister public...
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i would disagree with you when you said that he has to play defense against some of the paralysis that we're seeing in government. i think he's going to have a very optimistic speech. he's going to talk about, to use the word that everybody overuses, moving forward. >> what do you want to hear tomorrow? >> what i would like to hear. >> yeah, what do you want to hear, and what do you think we will hear? >> i think -- i'll start with what i think we will hear which is a sort of vague and airy discussion of division in the country, sort of references to what's going on in congress and to the opposition that republicans are providing to what the president wants to do, but he's not going to talk about anything specifically. he's not going to give us a real sense of what a second term is going to be like. he's not going to talk about specific policy issues. he's going to save that until the state of the union. >> and that was one part. what was the other part? >> and what i guess i would like to hear though is a little more of an emphasis about how he actually sees us getting to where he wan
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most would agree when chuck schumer came down on the side of voting for chuck hagel as defense secretary, that sealed the deal, would you gentlemen agree? >> yeah. i never could envision how he would start obama's second term by coming out and going against chuck hagel for secretary of defense. never made any sense and yeah, once he came out, the story ended. i loved the media chatter about how hagel has this huge confirmation battle and will end up with 90 votes. schumer was the first and final voice on that, i think. >> john: i think that was more due to the alleged controversy over comments about the israeli lobby by hagel unfortunately called the jewish lobby. chuck schumer one of our most powerful jewish members of the senate. >> i was surprised. even this morning, i was watching tv. there were anti-chuck hagel ads being run by this -- one interest group. i was quite shocked. they went after him for the israel, for comments he made about -- >> myrlie evers, widow of the late, great myrlie evers. >> america, we are here, our nation's capitol, on this day, january 21, 2013, the inaugu
most would agree when chuck schumer came down on the side of voting for chuck hagel as defense secretary, that sealed the deal, would you gentlemen agree? >> yeah. i never could envision how he would start obama's second term by coming out and going against chuck hagel for secretary of defense. never made any sense and yeah, once he came out, the story ended. i loved the media chatter about how hagel has this huge confirmation battle and will end up with 90 votes. schumer was the first...
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this is a defense when it comes to these programs. which now, if you take them all together and add them up, you are way past 50% of the federal government spending. basically don't mess with these. megyn: just to interject, "the washington post" had an editorial on january 19 saying that honest that the government will be able to sustain what the government favors. its entire budget will be swallowed by entitlements. you know, i don't know we've had a liberal agenda. we've had reagan and the two bushes. a lot has been done in the last half-century. he says he's going to protect the liberal aspects of our governments and entitlements, not only that, but he's going to explain and expand it. not just protecting it, but expanding it. >> i think that's right. i think it's both. he talked about gay rights. that is very important to the left. >> as a civil rights issue of. >> that's right. he talked about global climate change and how we will attack that. immigration reform. by the way, there is jay-z and beyonce. >> by the way, she looks f
this is a defense when it comes to these programs. which now, if you take them all together and add them up, you are way past 50% of the federal government spending. basically don't mess with these. megyn: just to interject, "the washington post" had an editorial on january 19 saying that honest that the government will be able to sustain what the government favors. its entire budget will be swallowed by entitlements. you know, i don't know we've had a liberal agenda. we've had reagan...
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in 2009, he walked around, when they played stanford, would walk around to the other guys and this defensive end who graduated from stanford and say anybody know my girlfriend? nobody knew her. that's why he thinks he was a victim of a hoax. however, how could you say you met her in hawaii, your parents met her, your dad saying this very well could have been my daughter-in-law, if you're not in on the hoax. according to this, it all goes back to a guy who is a famous family, they have a few players that got into the nfl. he is the one who evidently could be behind this and according to a friend of that guy, he's 80% sure that plant has been knew all about it and in on the hoax. >> steve: was he? we talk to dr. keith ablow earlier about it and keith said this. >> we're at a point in our culture where truth is up for grabs and people are not only doing this with elaborate hoaxes like this, but they're doing it with themselves. they're doctoring their facebook profiles. they're creating "avatars" with themselves. had is the outlying extreme of that phenomenon. tremendously dangerous. when you d
in 2009, he walked around, when they played stanford, would walk around to the other guys and this defensive end who graduated from stanford and say anybody know my girlfriend? nobody knew her. that's why he thinks he was a victim of a hoax. however, how could you say you met her in hawaii, your parents met her, your dad saying this very well could have been my daughter-in-law, if you're not in on the hoax. according to this, it all goes back to a guy who is a famous family, they have a few...
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and, of course, confirming chuck hagel as the new secretary of defense. there's beyonce, who did such a magnificent job with the national anthem just a few moments ago. john dickerson is our cbs news political director, and he is down there with, we, the people, on the national mall. john? >> scott, normally presidents in these speeches, they take history and they bring it onstage so they can attach their agenda to it. as we've talked about, in his first speech barack obama mentioned concord, gettysburg, normandy. that history has been replaced with the civil rights history and the agenda is more in keeping with that. he talked about immigration, climate change, gun control, these are all items that when republicans i've been e-mailing with hear this, they hear the return of big government, and also they heard in his speech when the president said support for those new deal programs, make us -- they do not make us a nation of takers, they free us to take the risk that make this country great. that is code language from the campaign in which republicans ta
and, of course, confirming chuck hagel as the new secretary of defense. there's beyonce, who did such a magnificent job with the national anthem just a few moments ago. john dickerson is our cbs news political director, and he is down there with, we, the people, on the national mall. john? >> scott, normally presidents in these speeches, they take history and they bring it onstage so they can attach their agenda to it. as we've talked about, in his first speech barack obama mentioned...
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it was this robust defense that i've heard a number of others say that it was a robust defense of government, liberal amp, however you want to call it. we know liberals want to use the word progressive all the time. and then a point that i thought needed to be echoed, this is the first ever inaugural address to mention gay rights and historically when we look back on that, it will be one of the things that this inaugural was meant for. but this was about his leaving his marm on the political spectrum. >> david gregory, as we watch the man formally and officially nominated to be the next secretary of the treasury. i think it's the point lester holt made. it was audible to us the reaction, the point about our wives and daughters, women in general got in the crowd in the immediate crowd. >> well, and this is a president of historical significance, not just for his own sake, but because of the elevation of gay rights throughout his presidency and an emphasis on women's rights and equal pay which he mentioned in an otherwise pretty austere address today. and, you know, there's something about a s
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charles headinger for defense, mr. john kerry, secretary of state, and mr. [ inaudible ] >> there you go. thank you very much, everybody. >> thank you. [ applause ] >> so the president, once again, formally nominating members of his cabinet. chuck hagel to be secretary of defense, john kerry to be secretary of state, john brent. let's listen in to see what else he's saying. >> that's yours. >> so they have a little -- a few laughs, a little official business, the nomination of cabinet members, signing a proclamation. dana bash, what's going to happen next? >> what's going to happen next, wolf, is the president is going to come back from the senate side of the capitol where he is now through the center into statutory hall. that's where there will now be the traditional post-inaugural lunch. as i said before, it is extremely exclusive. this is only 220 guests that make this list. and it is something that is really tends to bring together in a very intimate way himself, members of the leadership, house and senate, democra
charles headinger for defense, mr. john kerry, secretary of state, and mr. [ inaudible ] >> there you go. thank you very much, everybody. >> thank you. [ applause ] >> so the president, once again, formally nominating members of his cabinet. chuck hagel to be secretary of defense, john kerry to be secretary of state, john brent. let's listen in to see what else he's saying. >> that's yours. >> so they have a little -- a few laughs, a little official business, the...
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a nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death. [applause] america, the richest and most powerful nation in the world, can well lead the way in this revolution of values. there is nothing except a tragic death wish to ravenna us from reordering our priorities so that the pursuit of peace will take precedence over the pursuit of war. >> dr. martin luther king, jr., speaking at 04, 1967, a year to the day before he was assassinated in memphis. this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. democracy now! is looking for feedback from people who appreciate the closed captioning. e-mail your comments to outreach@democracynow.org or mail them to democracy now! p.o. box 693 new york, new york 10013. [captioning made possible by democracy now!] for those staying with us, we will continue our broadcast for four more hours including the inauguration. if your station is not running as, you can go to democracynow.org. >> from pacifica, this is democracy now! this is
a nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death. [applause] america, the richest and most powerful nation in the world, can well lead the way in this revolution of values. there is nothing except a tragic death wish to ravenna us from reordering our priorities so that the pursuit of peace will take precedence over the pursuit of war. >> dr. martin luther king, jr., speaking at 04, 1967, a year...
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charles -- for defense. secretary of state. and mr. john brennan of virginia. there you go. well, thank you very much, everybody. [ applause ] >> did they already steal the pens? i can get you one, man. >> that's actually the president's room on the senate side of the cabinet. >> that's a souvenir. he wanted a souvenir. >> these are the president's first official actions as president of his second term. again, mom mating four men to his cabinet. jack lew to be secretary of the treasury, john kerry to be secretary of state, chuck hagel to be secretary of defense, and john brennan to be the director of central intelligence. also that probleming clamation commemorating the inauguration. the start of the term is a time actually for quite a bit of business, particularly a first term president. you will often get a number of executive orders immediately. this president, obviously, famously signing an executive order to try to close guantanamo, which now at the start of his second term has not happened. interestingly, though, this president taking over for the start of the second t
charles -- for defense. secretary of state. and mr. john brennan of virginia. there you go. well, thank you very much, everybody. [ applause ] >> did they already steal the pens? i can get you one, man. >> that's actually the president's room on the senate side of the cabinet. >> that's a souvenir. he wanted a souvenir. >> these are the president's first official actions as president of his second term. again, mom mating four men to his cabinet. jack lew to be secretary...